Russian publicist Ruslan Ustrakhanov: biography

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:48

Ustrakhanov Ruslan, whose biography resembles the life of a special agent from popular militants with a famously twisted plot, is a former colonel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This man stayed in the Scandinavian countries for a long time, since in Russia he was allegedly accused of espionage and cooperation with Norwegian intelligence.

Short biographical data

After returning to Russia (in 2014), Ruslan Ustrakhanov sent a letter to the editorial office of one of the Internet magazines, which details the story of how he became a victim of corruption among former colleagues of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and big business.

In this letter, he provided some of his biographical details. It says that Ustrakhanov was born and raised in Kazakhstan. Regarding his parents, the former policeman writes that they were both repressed. By nationality, the mother is Greek, and the father is Chechen.

Ruslan served in the army and upon completion of the service entered the university at the Faculty of Law. He completed his education with a reddiploma.

Career development

A young graduate of the Faculty of Law began his work in the Komi Republic. Further, Ruslan Ustrakhanov, whose photo is presented in this article, was appointed to the Oktyabrsky Department of Internal Affairs (1985). There he worked as an investigator for 2 years. In 1987, he was transferred to the Pechenga region, where he also initially worked as an investigator. Over time, he led a special group that de alt with the fight against economic crimes.

Starting from 1992, Ruslan Vladimirovich Ustrakhanov was sent to Moscow to work in the main department, which was investigating economic crimes. As an employee of this organization, he mainly handled cases of embezzlement in the banking sector, which were carried out by ethnic groups.

After 1995, his career skyrocketed. During this period, he was appointed deputy head of the investigative department in the Pechenga District Department of Internal Affairs. Three years later, Ruslan Ustrakhanov decided to retire, as he could already afford a seniority pension.

Retirement and return to law enforcement

After completing his activities at the District Department of Internal Affairs, Ruslan Vladimirovich worked for two years in one of the subsidiaries of Norilsk Nickel. There he held the position of head of the legal department and led the contractual work of the enterprise. According to the future fugitive, the Regional Department of Internal Affairs and higher authorities insisted on his return to the police.

In 2000, he accepts an offer to lead the Pechenga police departmentin the Murmansk region. He held this position until 2003, after which he became the head of the Monchegorsk GOVD.

Rapprochement with Norway

It is known that the Murmansk region is in close proximity to the Scandinavian countries. In the field of law enforcement, this region has historically cooperated with neighboring Norway. Ustrakhanov claims that his close contact with his Norwegian colleagues during the period when he was in charge of the police department in the Murmansk region was caused solely by professional interest. At this time, various joint exercises and friendly meetings were encouraged, as they were held to exchange experiences.

With such friendly visits, Ruslan Vladimirovich often went to Kirkenes, where an informal exchange of information took place. Thus, the friendship between the police officers of the two neighboring countries was confirmed. In gratitude for such cooperation, Ruslan Ustrakhanov was even officially invited to Oslo (in 2002), where he was thanked for his joint work.

In 2003, the police colonel was transferred to Monchegorsk, where, according to him, the problem with illegal immigrants was acute. Ruslan Vladimirovich managed to solve this problem and reduce crime in the area. He does not hide the fact that at that time he continued to cooperate with old acquaintances from the Norwegian police. The colonel assures that even then the Russian special services became interested in such friendship. He claims that he was followed and that a listening device was installed in his apartment.equipment. But since Ustrakhanov's conscience was clear, such an interest in his person did not bother him at first.

Ambiguous offers to work in counterintelligence

During the next visit to Oslo (2003), an interesting offer was made to the Russian colonel. As a gratitude for the fruitful cooperation, the Norwegians offered Ruslan a financial reward. He required a receipt for the receipt of the sum of money. Realizing the possible consequences of such an incident, Ustrakhanov refused and went back to Russia.

Being a police colonel, this man should have been aware that, in fact, he was already being recruited to work for Norway. But for some reason, he did not stop cooperating with this country. In 2007, another very interesting incident happened. During his next visit to Oslo, he was offered to sign a document, according to which he admitted that he was an FSB agent and was recruiting Norwegian representatives who were in Murmansk on duty. In return, Ustrakhanov was promised that Norway would become for him “a second home, where he would really like it.”

Espionage charges

Most likely, this incident became known to the Russian special services. Frequent visits to Scandinavia have already interested the FSB officers. Ustrakhanov was also seen during visits to Stockholm, where he said he had a very close friend living with him. Such trips, contacts with diplomats and communication with certain personalities did not please the Russian special services, and,according to Ruslan, they began to prepare compromising evidence against him. The future refugee said that he began to panic, and after the FSB officers invited him to a not very pleasant conversation, he decided to run away.

Escape to Scandinavia

Soon Ustrakhanov Ruslan, whose personal life is not made public, and information about the presence of a spouse and children remains closed, went to Norway alone. After that, he moved to Sweden, and a few months later ended up in Finland. There he led the life of a simple refugee, and very soon the question of lack of money arose.

It was then that a CIA employee met him and offered him a job as a journalist. Ustrakhanov was promised to create the image of a correspondent forced to flee his country and writing Russian opposition articles. Based on such activities, the newly minted publicist was promised legalization in Norway.

Fake journalist exposing Russia

The information space began to fill with publications sharply criticizing Russian politics and exposing the government. They were published under the authorship of Ustrakhanov. Today, this person assures that he has nothing to do with such criticism. Based on his words, we can conclude that Ruslan Vladimirovich was just picking up factual material, and all conclusions criticizing the Russian government were written by other people. In this way, the CIA waged an information war against Russia.

Homecoming

Ustrakhanov never received refugee status, and over time hetransferred to Oslo. Today he claims that the CIA in Norway feels free and controls almost all spheres there. Ruslan Vladimirovich claims that he has become just a tool in powerful anti-Russian propaganda. When he realized all this, he decided to run back to Russia, which he successfully did in 2014.

This story raises many questions, and the stories of the former colonel give rise to some doubts. Today, Ruslan Ustrakhanov continues to publish his articles, which now expose the work of the CIA and the intelligence agencies of the Scandinavian countries.